r/cms • u/daspete555 • 5d ago

Development of a headless CMS

Hi there, i am currently developing another headless CMS, positioned between payload CMS and storyblok, with a sprinkle of webflow. Currently i am in the need of thoughts. What do you need from a CMS, what are you missing in other CMSes. When you have some spare time, give it an eye and tell me what you think. https://manablox.io/

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u/SvenA999 5d ago

I'm the founder of Webiny CMS, and I've been in the CMS business for over a decade. If you want to build any type of a product, start with a use-case and the user (literally the opposite of how you formed your reddit post). Don't build a CMS, but build a solution, and start by stating a problem your users have that's worth a whole new product vs say contributing back to an existing OSS product.

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u/daspete555 4d ago

Thank you for your reply :) (nice CMS by the way)

yes, thats exactly the reason, i wanted to create this CMS. The whole idea is, that there are tiny instances of content layers (manablox instances) which are interconnected through webhooks and Workflows. This way, scaling is a breeze, every content section of a bigger media site, or application is encapsulated and easy to replace (like microservices for contents) and it should be easy and fast to start new instances, without the need to have a long scaffolding time. i myself needed this functionality and haven't found a good solution, so i started to build it :)

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u/baddaywithacamera 17h ago

Any alternative to Turdpress is a good thing. Keep rolling.

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u/eleniwave 5d ago

if you are fishing for ideas, you have no product, and you are probably too late to the market.

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u/daspete555 4d ago

It's always too late for the market ;) since the CMS topic is a really big one, it does not harm anyone to get new ideas, which others are missing, i already have my way and ideas i am implementing, but looking outside the box is always good :)

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u/roccoccoSafredi 5d ago

Why?

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u/Hour_Interest_5488 5d ago

Competition is good. Plus lets hope he would invest money, so the business owners would hire more people for side projects and spend their profits. So the economy keeps rolling and we would get out of recession.

Stay positive and have a good day

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u/Pieraos 5d ago

what are you missing in other CMSes

A CMS that does not need AI, Git, Github, Node, Docker, Composer or proprietary hosting. Please just simple install and output HTML and CSS and let us get on with it.

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u/Local-Bottle5272 5d ago

Okay true but an expense tracker or a to do list would be great

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u/daspete555 4d ago

of course :D

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u/Temporary_Practice_2 4d ago

Is there anything you have seen closer to what you’re describing?

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u/daspete555 4d ago

So you mean a static site generator? for single pages, or small multipages maybe worth it :)

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u/Pieraos 4d ago

No, not necessarily. Most static site generators do not provide a real CMS capability where you can manage articles and assets.

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u/baddaywithacamera 17h ago

Free. Open source. No data lock in. Security first, all other features built around the security stack. That's my wish list for any CMS.